NZQA registered unit standard
26608 version 2
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Title
Describe the process for declaring, extending, and terminating a state
of emergency
Level
3
Credits
2
Purpose
This unit standard is intended for Civil Defence Emergency
Management (CDEM) personnel that need to know the
advantages of the declaration of a state of emergency. People
credited with this unit standard are able to identify and describe
what constitutes a state of emergency, and the process for
declaring, extending and terminating a state of emergency.
Classification
Civil Defence Emergency Management > Civil Defence
Emergency Management Response
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Candidate evidence must comply with the Civil Defence Emergency Management
Act 2002 (CDEM Act 2002), Local Government Act 2002, and subsequent
amendments, the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Order 2005,
and the Civil Defence Emergency Management Regulations 2003.
2
Emergency is as defined in section 4 of the CDEM Act 2002.
3
Candidate evidence must refer to a CDEM Group Plan and Declaration: Director’s
Guidelines for CDEM Sector [DGL 05/06] (Wellington: Ministry of Civil Defence &
Emergency Management, 2006), available from the Ministry of Civil Defence and
Emergency Management, PO Box 5010, Wellington 6145 or at
http://www.civildefence.govt.nz.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify and describe what constitutes a state of emergency.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Definition of emergency is described in accordance with the CDEM Act 2002.
1.2
Authority to declare, extend, and terminate a state of emergency is identified
and described.
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Advantages of the declaration, extension, and termination of a state of
emergency are identified and described.
Range
includes but is not limited to – powers available under the CDEM
Act 2002, existing governance arrangements, public information
and resources.
Outcome 2
Identify and describe the process for declaring a state of emergency.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Factors to be considered in the declaration of a state of emergency are
identified and described.
Range
2.2
includes but is not limited to – the situation is within the definition
of emergency under the CDEM Act 2002, need for the powers
available under the CDEM Act 2002.
Description of the process of declaring complies with legislation and CDEM
Group Plan.
Range
how declaration is made, who seeks the declaration, forms,
signing authority, duration, public notice, gazette requirements and
identification of geographic area declaration applies to.
Outcome 3
Identify and describe the process for extending a state of emergency.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Factors that need to be considered in the extension of a state of emergency are
identified and described.
Range
3.2
includes but is not limited to – the situation is still within the
definition of emergency under the CDEM Act 2002, need for the
powers available under the CDEM Act 2002.
Description of the process for extending a state of emergency complies with
legislation and the CDEM Group Plan.
Range
how extension is made, who seeks the extension, forms, signing
authority, duration, public notice, gazette requirements and
identification of geographic area extension applies to.
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Outcome 4
Identify and describe the process for terminating a state of emergency.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Factors that need to be considered in the termination of a state of emergency
are identified and explained.
includes but is not limited to – the situation is no longer within the
definition of emergency under the CDEM Act 2002, need for the
powers available under the CDEM Act 2002 no longer exists.
Range
4.2
Description of the process of termination complies with legislation and the
CDEM Group Plan.
Range
how termination is made, who seeks the termination, forms,
signing authority, public notice, gazette requirements and
identification of geographic area termination applies to.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 7326.
Planned review date
31 August 2014
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
17 September 2010
Rollover and
Revision
2
18 July 2013
N/A
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0223
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, or
an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can
report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading
to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Consent requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Fire and Rescue Services Industry Training Organisation (EmQual)
info@emqual.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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